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[quote=Anonymous]1. Whenever you refer to Whitman parents, or people making $200k, as "middle class," I cringe.

2. I think you're way overstating the income difference between those top Whitman students from Bethesda and the private school students.  There are obviously some extremely wealthy people in private schools (just as there are in the public schools), but I also know plenty of two-govt-worker families in private, and others who receive financial aid.  I also know plenty of law firm partners, doctors, and business executives with kids at Whitman and other private schools.  There's no shortage of wealthy families there.

3. If your claim about many high-achieving public school students getting money from 2nd-tier private colleges is true, then are you positing we'd %wise see loads more Whitman grads than private school grads at such colleges?  In other word, the private high schools clearly have a much bigger % attending Ivy colleges. But you think Whitman will have a much bigger % attending 2nd tier private colleges, because all those super-high-achieving Whitman students opted to turn down the Ivy colleges in favor of OOS money?

4. How does your money theory explain the disparity in NMSF and SAT scores?  I assume the Whitman students try just as hard on the SAT, no matter whether or not they can afford Ivy colleges, don't they?  I find it especially interesting that the NMSF % lines up closely with the Ivy % at so many of these schools.[/quote]

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